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What does it mean?
The speaker asserts that bosses' survival depends on workers' deaths.
In plain terms
The boss gets to live because I have to die.
What can you take from it?
Employers profit from the sacrifices of workers.

Where it applies

  • labor strikes
  • workplace rights
  • protest

Putting it to work

  • organize labor
  • demand fair pay
  • challenge bosses

Questions to consider

  • Who benefits from your work?
  • How much is enough?

Another view

It frames the employer-employee relationship as purely lethal.

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